| 单词 | cage |
| 释义 | cage —cageless, adj. —cagelike, adj. /kayj/, n. , v. , caged, caging. n. 1. a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals. 2. anything that confines or imprisons; prison. 3. something resembling a cage in structure, as for a cashier or bank teller. 4. the car or enclosed platform of an elevator. 5. Mining. an enclosed platform for raising and lowering people and cars in a mine shaft. 6. any skeleton framework. 7. Baseball. a movable backstop for use mainly in batting practice. 8. a frame with a net attached to it, forming the goal in ice hockey and field hockey. 9. Basketball Older Use. the basket. 10. a loose, sheer or lacy overdress worn with a slip or a close-fitting dress. 11. Ordn. a steel framework for supporting guns. 12. Mach. retainer1 (def. 3). v.t. 13. to put or confine in or as if in a cage. 14. Sports. to shoot (as a puck) into a cage so as to score a goal. [1175-1225; ME < OF < L cavea birdcage, equiv. to cav(us) hollow + -ea, fem. of -eus adj. suffix] Syn. 1. pen, coop, enclosure, pound. |
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